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Bar Manager Options

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Bar Manager options include:

Appearance Options

Member Description
AutoDockColor Specifies whether a dock control and its parent form colors can be synchronized.
Backgrounds Specifies background bitmaps for toolbars and submenus.
Font Specifies font settings for toolbar/menu system entries.
ImageOptions Specifies bar item image options.
LookAndFeel Specifies toolbar paint styles.

Behavior Options

Member Description
AllowCallFromAnotherForm Specifies whether actions performed in an active additional form can be handled in an inactive parent form.
AlwaysSaveText Specifies whether changes made to the built-in editor’s contents are saved automatically upon exiting the edit mode.
MenuAnimations Specifies menu animation styles.
MostRecentItemsPercents Specifies a value that is used to calculate frequently used items.
Scaled Specifies whether the system’s font settings or the bar manager’s font settings are applied to toolbar/menu system entries.
ShowFullMenusAfterDelay Specifies whether hidden items are automatically displayed after a delay.
StretchGlyphs Specifies whether an item’s glyph is scaled if an item is resized.
UseF10ForMenu Specifies whether a bar manager responds to the F10 key press event.
UseFullReset Specifies whose default settings are to be restored – bar items only or both bar items and toolbars.
UseSystemFont Specifies that only system font settings are applied to toolbar/menu system entries.

User Customization Options

Member Description
AllowReset Specifies whether toolbar default settings can be restored by end-users in the Customization Form.
CanCustomize Specifies toolbar run-time customization capability.

Docking Options

Member Description
NotDocking Specifies dock constraints for toolbars.
WaitForDockingTime Specifies the delay after which a dragged toolbar can be docked.

Hint Options

Member Description
ShowHint Specifies an item hint’s visibility.
ShowHintForDisabledItems Specifies a disabled item hint’s visibility.
ShowShortCutInHint Specifies a shortcut’s visibility in a hint window.

Layout Options

Member Description
MenusShowRecentItemsFirst Specifies whether recently used items are displayed first in menus.

Merging Options

Member Description
AlwaysMerge Specifies whether merging is only allowed for an MDI child window maximization, or it is allowed for any operation performed on this window.

Visibility Options

Member Description
AutoHideEmptyBars Specifies empty toolbars’ visibility.
CategoryItemsVisible Specifies visibility for items of a particular category.
CategoryVisible Specifies visibility for a specified category.
HideFloatingBarsWhenInactive Specifies visibility for floating toolbars of an inactive form.
ShowCloseButton Specifies visibility for a main menu’s Close button.
ShowHelpButton Specifies visibility for the Customization Form‘s Help button.
SunkenBorder Specifies a dock control sunken border’s visibility.